The Greens deputy leader, Mehreen Faruqi, has accused the University of Melbourne of a “witch hunt” after the first formal expulsion of pro-Palestine student activists since waves of campus demonstrations began in 2023.
On Monday, letters were sent from the university’s vice-chancellor, Emma Johnston, to four students, informing two that they had been terminated and two that they were suspended until March next year after taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration at an academic’s office last October.
